Justin Marmon went to high school with race car driver Kevin Ward Jr. in Port Leyden, NY. Marmon, a scrap metal collector and garbage man, said Ward would stop in front of his house and burn rubber before continuing on. ANNETTE LEIN staff photographer

Lynn Hardy cries in front of the Westward Painting Co. Inc in Lyons Falls, NY where race car driver Kevin Ward Jr. kept and worked on his car and worked with his father Kevin Sr. in the painting business. ANNETTE LEIN staff photographer

Flowers were placed outside the Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Sunday to honor Kevin Ward, Jr., who was struck and killed by Tony Stewart during a race the night before. NEETI UPADHYE/@neetiu_dandc STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER